Dara Torres and Peter Vanderkaay captured the final two events at the US swimming trials on Sunday to join an American swim team that immediately turned its focus to the Beijing Olympics. After being introduced to a raucous crowd at the Qwest Center, the 41 members of the US team returned to their hotels, packed their bags for a two-week training camp in Stanford which will be followed by a move to their pre-Olympic training base in Singapore on July 24. Torres, a 41-year-old mother who secured a spot on her fifth Olympic team with a victory in the 100-metre free on Friday, completed the sprint double, thundering to the wall first in the 50 meters freestyle in an American record 24.25. “I'm happy with my time but I have a bit more work to do,” said Torres. “I'm looking forward to getting back into the hard work, five weeks is not a lot of time. “It's nice to make the team but once you're on the team anyone will tell you they're going for medals. I can't sit here and lie and say I'm glad I'm going, I want to win a medal.” Having qualified in the 50m and 100m freestyle as well as two relays, Torres will have several opportunities to add to her nine Olympic medals. However, the four-time gold medallist has concern about the workload of swimming all four events and will talk to her coach and US team officials about the possibility of dropping the 100. “I'm not sure, it's a lot of swimming,” said Torres. “I have to sit down with (head coach) Mark Schubert and the coaches and discuss it. “I am 41, I am realistic, and I just have to wait and see.” Vanderkaay will also be one of the busiest American swimmers in Beijing, adding to his heavy workload with a victory in the final event of the eight-day meet, the 1,500m freestyle. Having already earned Olympic spots with runner-up finishes in the 200m and 400m freestyle, Vanderkaay added swimming's longest event to his program, clocking 14:45.54 to become the fourth fastest man ever in the event. The US team will be spearheaded by Michael Phelps, who completed his Beijing program on Saturday with a victory in the 100m butterfly. After seven days, 15 swims and two world records, Phelps crafted an Olympic schedule that will provide the 23-year-old with just enough ammunition to attack Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals at a single Summer Games.
